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Coffee Ceremonies and Jewelry-making Bring Women Closer to Christ

The smell of freshly roasted coffee beans lingers as women listen to a Bible story at the end of the third round of the coffee ceremony. Ennat* is one of the women who have gathered as part of a... Continue Reading »

Young Girl’s Salvation Leads to Gospel Reach in Iran

Rarely do we get to see exactly how all of our ministry efforts bear fruit, but on occasion the Lord allows us to see and enjoy the fruits of our labor. These sweet moments of reflection on God’s sovereignty... Continue Reading »

Kickstands Up: Pastor Challenges Church with Bike Ride for Annie Armstrong

Kevin Bounds, of Douglas, Ga., is familiar with the concept that every little bit counts. About five years ago, he stepped on a scale, and a number appeared he wasn’t happy about. Then 38 years old, Bounds was a... Continue Reading »

Governor Awards $3M grant to N.C. Baptists on Mission’s Helene Efforts

Baptists on Mission is receiving $3 million in state government funding to assist with ongoing rebuild efforts in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene, N.C. Gov. Josh Stein announced Jan. 31. The announcement of the $3 million grant for... Continue Reading »

Send Network Sets Record with 217 Newly Endorsed Church Planters

On March 4-6, 217 newly endorsed church planters from 30 U.S. states, four Canadian provinces and Puerto Rico gathered at the North American Mission Board’s building in Alpharetta for Send Network Orientation, an event that kickstarts planters’ journeys by... Continue Reading »

Healthy ‘Home Church’ Provides Vital Relationship to Missionaries

The IMB has always required church endorsement for service overseas. Most missionaries were part of a healthy church where discipleship and accountability shaped their call. Churches committed to pray for their missionaries. In the last few years, the International... Continue Reading »

Outfitter Church Leads to Reputation Restoration

Trent Fetherston had a reputation — the kind of reputation a man will get in an everybody-knows-everybody kind of town like Bar Nunn, Wyo., when he spends what seems like thousands of consecutive happy hours with a drink in... Continue Reading »

Circuit Riders Key to Reaching Wyoming’s Tiny Towns

Baggs, Bairoil, Glendo, Granger, Medicine Bow, Meeteetse — race past them at the posted interstate speed limit of 80 miles per hour, and one after another, every tiny town in Wyoming can easily look like the same blink-and-you’ll-miss-it blur... Continue Reading »

Osvaldo and Vanessa Lerma: Coming to America

They didn’t want to do it, but they had no choice. Ecuadorians Eduardo Vera and his wife, Juliana, walked more than 1,900 miles with their family, pushing Juliana’s elderly father almost the whole way on a rusty, discarded tricycle... Continue Reading »

Kickstands Up: Pastor Challenges Church with Bike Ride for Annie Armstrong

Kevin Bounds is familiar with the concept that every little bit counts. About five years ago, he stepped on a scale and a number appeared he wasn’t happy about. Then 38 years old, Bounds was a jogger but his... Continue Reading »

Georgia Church Uses Tiny Houses to Build Neighborhood of Hope

Across the street from Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Bowman stand five tiny houses filled with stories of heartache and tragedy. Pleasant Grove hopes to use the buildings to turn them into stories of hope and recovery. Eleven years... Continue Reading »

Grief to Grace Ministry Outlet for Widows of Pastors

Pat Brown thought her ministry was over when Horace Brown, her husband of 37 years, died on Jan. 1, 2021. Horace Brown served as pastor of 18 churches in South Carolina and Tennessee during his ministry and was director... Continue Reading »